History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Geleen is a small former mining town in the province of Limburg, in the south east of the Netherlands. It is not a particular famous place, although it is the place where the first professional football was played in the Netherlands, and it used to host one of the…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: In March 1938 Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany. The event is known as the Anschluß. On March 12 1938 the first German troops marched into Austria, they were met with no resistance, the majority of Austrians welcomed the Anschluß. Five months later Mauthausen concentration camp went in to…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: There were 4 concentration camps in the Netherlands. The best known was Westerbork, the other 3 were Vught,Amersfoort and Ommen. A relatively unknown fact is that there were also an estimated 42 work/labour camps. Between January 1942 and October 1942 , the Jewish work camps in the Netherlands spread…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Not every German supported the Nazis or signed up to their ideology. There were quite a few who were appalled by what their nation had become under the leadership of Hitler and his regime. However there were only a handful of people who had the courage to stand up…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Life is not a race. You take one step at a time. Sometimes it may mean you have to take a few steps back or down. For as long as you are on that journey called life, you are ok. Life is not fair, and not always easy. But…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: On my way to college this morning I had a bit of an anxiety attack.I was blinded by the sun light and nearly walked into a wallAt first I thought this was because I only have one eye, and that this would the reality I had to face going…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: We all know ‘Do they know it’s Christmas’ by Band Aid and we all know ‘We are the World’ by USA for Africa. But the one genuinely great charity song is so often forgotten ‘Stars’ by Hear ‘N’ Aid. These were the people involved in it: Lead VocalsEric Bloom…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: In February 1995, Nick Cave released the album “Murder Ballads”. On the album is one of my all time favourite songs “Where the wild roses grow” Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue first performed the song publicly on 4 August 1995 in Cork, Republic of Ireland.…
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